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India
Pakistan must arrest Hafiz Saeed to improve ties with India: Editorial
Afghanistan
Stanley McChrystal criticises reliance on drones as strikes hit Pakistan
US drones launch 2 strikes in North Waziristan
Two compounds were hit in the Mir Ali area. The US has now launched six strikes in Pakistan so far this year.
Afghanistan
News Analysis: Will Taliban release lead to Afghan national reconciliation?
Pakistan
The Taliban killed a policeman and two civilians in an IED attack on a police van in Lakki Marwat, and killed two security personnel in another bombing in Mohmand.
Taliban suicide team strikes in Kandahar
The Taliban claimed credit for an attack on tribal leaders at the district center in Kandahar’s Spin Boldak. The Mullah Dadullah Front likely carried out the suicide bombings.
Afghanistan
Hebrew treasure found in Afghanistan
US drones strike again in South Waziristan
A Taliban commander loyal to Hafiz Gul Bahadar was the target of the strike; 17 people, including a Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan commander who directed suicide operations, are reported to have been killed.
Pakistan
Pakistani officials claimed that at least 25 mortar shells fired from Afghanistan struck the border area of Ghulam Khan in North Waziristan. Seven unidentified bullet-riddled bodies were found dumped near Sarobi in North Waziristan. Tribesmen held a massive rally in South Waziristan demonstrating against the US drone campaign.
Afghanistan
Pakistan Closes Torkham Border Again
Taliban promise ‘sacred jihad’ if US forces remain in Afghanistan past 2014
The Afghan Taliban said they reject any security agreement that allows “even a single American soldier” to remain in country. “War and destruction will continue in the region” if US forces stay in Afghanistan after 2014.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Cell phone networks have become terror networks: Rehman Malik
Afghanistan
Pakistan condemns drone attacks in Waziristan
Pakistan
The Taliban named Bahwal Khan as Mullah Nazir’s replacement in South Waziristan. Security forces killed 21 Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber. Two people were killed in a bombing at an electrical tower in Peshawar. Seven bodies thought to be kidnapped Pakistani soldiers were found in North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
Afghan peace process and the transitional justice
Taliban name Mullah Nazir’s replacement
Bahwal Khan, the new emir of the Mullah Nazir group, maintains close ties to al Qaeda, the Afghan Taliban, and a host of terrorist groups, US intelligence officials told The Long War Journal. Additionally, the US intelligence officials denied that the Pakistani government or military aided in the killing of Nazir.
Pakistan
Pakistan blocks cellphone services in 50 cities
Afghanistan
American missiles kill senior Taliban militant in Pakistan who fought US troops in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
High level Afghan intelligence officials visits Pakistan
‘Good Taliban’ leader Mullah Nazir killed in US drone strike
Nazir, who has professed his alligiance to al Qaeda, was killed along with several deputies in one of three strikes in North and South Waziristan over the past 24 hours. A separate strike killed Faisal Khan, a Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan commander, and two Uzbeks.
Pakistan
Pakistan – New doctrine: Army identifies ‘homegrown militancy’ as biggest threat
Pakistan
US drones killed five “militants” in South Waziristan. “Gunmen” kidnapped seven soldiers in Jand as they were returning from leave in Rawalpindi. Security forces killed two “terrorists” during an operation in Miramshah in North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
Obama’s pivot to Asia? Middle East will still demand attention in 2013
US drone strike kills 5 ‘militants’ in South Waziristan
The remotely piloted Predators or Reapers fired four missiles at a compound in Mullah Nazir’s territory. The strike is the first in 2013.
Al Qaeda
Pakistani Government Offers To Insure Foreign Businessmen
Pakistan
Pakistan – EDITORIAL : Talking to the TTP
Pakistan
The Taliban claimed credit for a bombing in Karachi that killed four people at an MQM rally in Karachi. Seven aid workers were gunned down in Swabi; no group has claimed the attack.
Afghanistan
Afghan-US Pact Ensures Future Security: Sediqi
Pakistan
The government released eight more Afghan Taliban detainees, including former Taliban justice minister Mullah Nooruddin Turabi. The bodies of nine Pakistani Taliban, all shot in the head and chest, were found dumped in North Waziristan. Government technicians briefly unblocked YouTube after work on a system designed to filter out allegedly blasphemous material.